I just learned that there are at least two academic libraries that have set up their library guides and catalog search engines as Facebook apps. One of them is a Voyager library--UCLA. The other library uses Innovative Interfaces--Ryerson University.
It makes sense for libraries to be out there in the parts of cyberspace where
Or at least, pretty darn near. We're talking about the super zoom capabilities of Google's "Street View" choice available in Google maps for some cities. Boise, by the way, has been mapped with Street View technology and now you can literally drive around Boise and grab, rotate, and move the map window along the same
Hi everyone,
Thought you guys might like to see some SPLAT-themed photos from our May 2nd, 2008 meeting at the Collister branch in Boise. Go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/splatidaho/:
I just noticed today something new on Google Maps that connects the map to wikipedia and images! And, you, your staff, and your customers can participate in this as well! Talk about civic engagement... imagine if libraries sponsored a project using these tools!
I started at Google Maps and typed in Boise, Idaho and then
Found this post on BoingBoing re DRM (digital rights management), and the movement by this group to pressure libraries to stop using DRM in their collections.
But let's back up a bit. What is, actually, this digital rights management? This is Wikipedia's definition:
Digital rights management (DRM) is an Read More
The SPLAT del.icio.us account is up and running. I started our "cloud" with some of my favorites and some of the web sites we discussed on May 2.
As SPLAT members discover and share handy sites, we can use del.icio.us to remember all of those URLs.
Please join in and tag your favorites to add
Even though I know that sometimes libraries are supposed to be quiet, for the most part, remaining quiet hinders both learning and access. Who is going to ask questions is they are being silenced? Answer? No one.
So sometimes I think that the Nancy Pearl Action Figure
Here's the post I wrote in my blog about Twitter but thought you might find interesting:
Twitter, the microblogging application that allows you to post something about your everyday experience in 140 characters or less, is gaining ground as the newest way to connect and interact with other net denizens.
Your tweets (posts) can be
What I want more than anything else in my local public and academic library catalog right now is to be able to text message the call number of my books to my cell phone. What a saver!